Kit bag, traveling bag, and the like



March 24. 1925. 1,530,518

w. n. REID.

KIT BAG, TRAVELING BAG. ANDvTHE LIX-E Filed April 2. 1924 fs Sheezsasheet'l March 2471925. 1,530,518

' W. D'. REID K1T- BAG, TRAVELING BAG, AND THE LIKE Filed April 2. 1924 s sheets-shut 2 March 24, 1925.

w. D. REID x11- me, 'raAvEmGAm AND frm: LIKE 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed April 2, 1924 PatentedV Mar. 24, 1925. i i y 'i p i l Y UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DUNCAN REID, oF WOIOLLAIIRA, NEAR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, o AUSTRALIA. Y

KITBAG, TRAVEL-ING BAG, AND THELIKE.

Application lled April 2, 1924. Serial No. 703,611.

To all whom t may concern.' A

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DUNCAN dimensions, conligurationand carrying ca- REID, a subject of the King of Great Britpacity as that of an ordinaryl kit-bag. ain, residing at Woollahra, near Sydney, in Figure 2 shows -in side elevation the kitthe State of, New South Vales, Commonbag when extended to augment its carrying f Wealth of Australia, have invented new and capacity.

useful Improvements in Kit Bags, Travel- Figure 3 is a view in plan of Figure 1. ing Bags, and the. like, of which the follow- Figure 4 is a view in plan'of Figure 2. ing is a specification. A Figure 5 is a view in planV of the kit-bag l0 This invention relates to improvements in with, its top frame open to facilitate the hand-bags, and more particularly lto impacking of. articles in said bag. 60

proveniente in hand-bags ofthat type known Figure 6 is an end elevation Aof Figure l. as kit-bags, which are provided at their top Figure 7 is a view in end elevation of portions with collapsible .frames adapted to Figure 2.

fold together and extend vlongitudinally Figure 8 is a detail sectional View illusalong the centre of the top ofthe bag when trating one of the hinged frame members 65 the same is closed, and having an approprifunctioning as runners slidably supporting ate handle andV end closure devices. y 'i the frame closure bars. i

The capacity of a hand-bag of' the char- Figure 9 is a sectional plan view on line acter indicated is limited by the necessity of AfA of Figure 8.

making space provision to enable the frames F igurefl() is a detail sectional view illusto be collapsed and the upper portion of the trating means for closing the .bag when the bag to be vdownwardly and inwardly folded, same is fully exten-ded.- V l which are' now required to' be performed be- Figure 11 is a viewin ,plan of an end of fore the bag can be closed and locked.` v the bag while being closed.

The present invention provides a kit-bag, Figure l2 illustrates in side elevation `one 75 which can be used exactly-in the same manof the frame closure bars slidably mounted ner as ordinary kit-bags now in use, but upon the hinged frame or runner bars, said equipped with means whereby the upper closure bar beingequipped with .a lock, hanportion of the bag can be fully `eXtendr-:vd to dleand yend clip devices. augment the carrying capacity ofithe bag, when the bag can be closed Vand locked inY tra-ted in the drawings there` is provided a such extended position, thus increasing the. body' vporti-on substantially of rectangular range of use and general utility of the bag. sli-'ape comprising a bottom and side walls l A kit-bag according to my improi'feinents constructed of stiff leather or other suitable is characterized by the provision of :an inmaterial, and each sidewall 1y being extend-Y, 85

dependent collapsible cover attached to the ed, as at 2, and adapted yto be folded inwardside walls of therbag and to slidableclosure lyfover the opening to the body to consti bars. This'cover is arranged'so as Vto foldv tute la part of a closure for the bag. The interiorly ofthe bag when the frames theref end walls 3 .are constructed of the same maof are collapsed in the manner of ordinary terial as the side walls and each end wall rat 90 use of kit-bags, and it is also adapted to be its upper end has an exten-sion 4L of pliable stretched horizontally to provide 'a cover material, such vas light leather, secured there-v proper for the bag when the same is extend# to to also constitute a part of the closure for ed to augment its carrying capacity'. the opening of the bag. The extended por- Refer'ence is had to the l accompanying tions 2 of the `.sides l and the extended por- 95 drawings, wherein f Y tions 4 of the ends 3 are secured together at Figure 1 is a side elevation of a kit-bag the-ir'edges as by stitching. constructed according to my improvements, A frame is secured .to the -edge portions the bag being collapsed and having the same In the embodiment of the invention illns- S0y of the extensions 2 and 4: of the sides and ends which is constructed and arranged to maintain said extensions extended when the bag is opened and to be collapsed to told the extensions 2 over and the extensions t inwardly of the opening of the bag to close the same. This iframe comprises a pair of bars 7 of angle shape in cross section to constitute the side members of the frame, one bar being secured in a suitable manner to each of the edge portions of a side extension 2, in the present instance by interposing the same between one side of an angle portion of a bar and a plate 7 secured thereto by riveting, as at 6. The end members of the iframe comprise a pair of sections anc 5il of angle shape in cross section pivotally or hingedly connected, as at 16, which connection is disposed at the longitudinal center of the bag whereby said sections may be folded in a direction into and longitudinally of the body of the bag and arranged to have a limited outward movement. r1`he opposite ends of the sections ot the end bars are pivotally connected adjacent to the ends of said bars by means of lugs iixed to the side bars, as shown at 17. To limit the outward movement of the sections of the end bars of the frame an angle portion of one of the end frame members, in the present instance the section 5a, has one of its longitudinal edge portions bent upon itself to U or channel shape in cross section, as at 5", and the other sections 5 are arranged with a recess 5C by cutting away a portion of the edge of the one angle portion to a depth substantially the thickness of the material of the bar sections, and the end wall of which recess is adapted to abut against the end wall of channel portion 5b of the other bar section when the bar sections are extended. The

'end bars oli' the frame are secured to the edge portion of the extension 4. oi the ends o1 the bag body by intel-posing said edge portions between an angle portion of the bar sections similar to securing the side bars of' the trame to the side extensions by plates 5 and riveting the plates to the end bar sections. .By this arrangement to close the bag the hinged sections of the end bars are collapsed by exerting a force thereon to move them in a. direction into and longitudinally of the bag breaking the jointed connection of the bar sections and then by exerting pressure on the side bars of the frame in a direction toward each other thereby moving the hinged sections of the end bars to lie substantially in parallel relation to each other and the side bars ot the frame drawing the side extensions 2 over the open end of the bag and the end extensions 4 inwardly beneath the side extensions as shown in Figure 3. To open the bag all that is necessary is to draw the side bars 7 outward thereby moving the sections of the end bars to extended position and when fully extended said bars maintain the side and end portions of the bag in open position.

To secure the frame collapsed and the bag in closed condition a pair of closure bars 9 and 10 are provided. These bars are of angle shape in cross section and slidably mounted upon the sections 5, 5a oit the end members of the frame (for a` purpose to be hereinafter described) by forming elongated slots 18 (Figure 12) in the ends of said bars to slidably accommodate said sections. The bar 10 is of comparatively narrow width as compared with the bar 9 so that said latter bar will engage over and conceal the bar 10 when the closure bars are moved to closing position with the bars f, as shown in Figure 3. To secure the bars 9 and 10 in closed position the bar 10 is arranged with hasps 12 to engage in openings in a lock casing 13 iixed to the inner side of the bar 9 to be engaged by the lock bolt therein. The outward movement of the bars 9 and 10 on the sections 5, 5a of the end bars of the frame is limited by engaging abutments 8 at the ends of said bars 7 in the form of lugs stamped from the material of the side bars. To facilitate the collapsing or folding oit the bar sections 5, 5a inwardly to fold the side and end extensions 2 and 4 to close the bag in the ordinary manner for use in :its normal carrying capacity as shown in Figures 3 and 6, the bars 9 and 10 are arranged with guideways for receiving said bar sections 5, 5a. In the arrangement shown these guideways are formed by securing a bar 19 of angle shape in cross section to the inside surface of the depending angle portion of each of the bars 9 and 10 with the horizontal webs of the bars 19 and the closure bars in spaced relation as clearly shown in, F igurc 12.

Then the side and end extensions 2 and 1 are in extended position by maintaining' the frame members 7, 5 and 5L in extended position, to increase the capacity of the bag, as shown in Figures et and 7, there is provided an auxiliary closure for the extended open end of the baO. This auxiliary closure comprises sheets or strips of pliable materiel 11, such as leather or the like, one sheet being secured at one longitudinal edge portion to the closure bar 9, as at 11a, and the other sheet secured to the closure bar 10, as at 11", the sheets 11 atthe opposite longitudinal edge portions being secured to the side frame members 7, as at 11c (Figure 9). When the bag is closed in the ordinary manner as shown in Figures 3 and 6 by collapsing the frame members 7, 5 and 5fl as hereinbefore described, these sheets 11 are folded against the interionof. thek sidee extensions 2.l However, when the bag-:is tof be closed byI said sheets 11 when the fname members 7,5 and' 5a are extendedjas shown;

in. Figures 4 andI 7, the closure bars.9,f10 are slid or moved along` the; sections 5,52L of the endv bars ofthe frame andV drawing therewith the sheets 11 over the opening to the bag and closingk thev same. The closure bars 9, 10 are secured in closed position by the hasps 12 enga-ging the lock 13. In this closing position of the closure bars they engage over the joint of the pivot or hinged connection of the sections 5, 5a of the end bars of the frame firmly holding said bar sections against collapsing.

To carry the bag it is providedV with a. hand grip 14 connected to the closure bar 9. To further secure the closure bars in closed posi-tion clips 15, which may be of conventional form, are pivotally carried by the bar 9 to be engaged over the ends of the closure bars and extend around the sides thereof.

The ends of the closure bars 9 as nell as the ends of the sections 5, 5a of the end frame members are bent downwardly to enhance the appearance thereof, and also to prevent the exposure of rough edges whichv may catch in and damage the apparel of the user of the bag.

'Io facilitate the opening of the bag a metal pull ring 21 is secured to the outer side of one of the side members of the frame.

lvVhat I do claim is 1. In a kit-bag or like hand-bag having hinged collapsible end bars, an element slidable on said end bars functioning as a closure for the bag when the upper portions thereof are vertically extended.

2. In a kit bag, or like hand bag, a body portion, a frame secured to the edge portions of the opening of the bag having' hinged end portions adapted to be collapsed in a direction longitudinally of and into the bag in one closing'position of the bag, and to be maintained extended in another closing Vposition of the bag, and an auxiliary cover element to serve as a closure for the bag in said latter position of the hinged bars, and said auxiliary cover element adaptedV to be folded interiorly of the bag when the'bag is closed with the end bars collapsed.

3. In a kit-bag or like hand-bag having hinged collapsible endbars, bars slidable on said hinged end bars when the same are extended, lock elements carried by said slidable bars, and closure elements secured at one end to the bag body and at their opposite ends to said slidable bars.

4i. In a. kit-bag or like hand-bag having end frame bars hingedly connected together at the longitudinal centre of the bag, longislidable onsaid=endbars, and'pliable closure strips carried by said slidable bars.

5.'In a kit-bag orl like hand-bag having hingedI collapsible end bars, bars slidable. on saidv hingedgend bars whengthesameare.

extended, lock elements carried; by said-i slidable bars, longitudinal; frame members secured to the walls of the bag, closure elements secured at one end to said frame members and at their opposite ends to said slidable bars, andV lugs on said frame members limiting the outward movement of said slidable bars.

6.. A kit-bag or like hand-bag having longitudinal frame members aiiixed to its side walls, end bars hingedly connected together at their inner ends and hingedly secured at their outer ends to said frame members, means limiting the outward movement of said hingedly connected bars, bars slidable on said hinged bars when the same are extended, slots in said slidable bars accommodating said hinged bars, lock devices mounted on said slidable bars, a handle and end clips secured to one of said slidable bars, and means limiting the outward movement ofsaid slidable bars.

7 A kit-bag or like hand-bag having hingedly connected and infolding end bars, angle-section bars slidable on said end bars when the same are extended, bag closure elements secured to said slidable bars, anglesection bars fitted to said slidable bars providing a guidewayfor said end bars when infolded, lock devices mounted on said slidable bars, and a handle on one of said slidable members.

8. In a kit bag or like handbag, a body portion, a frame secured to the edge portions of the opening of the bag having hinged end portions adapted to be collapsed in a direction longitudinally of and into the bag in one closing position of the bag, and to be maintained extended in another closing position of the bag, an auxiliary cover element to serve as a closure for the bag in said latter position of the hinged bars, and said auxiliary cover element adapted to be folded interiorly of the bag when the bag is closed with the end bars collapsed, and means for securing the bag in either of its closed positions.

9. In a bag, a body portion having extended side and end portions, a frame secured to an edge portion of said side and end extensions, opposite bars of said frame being collapsible in a direction into and in a plane parallel to the top of the body portion, and said frame bars when in extended position adapted to maintain the extended side and end portions in open and extended position, closure bars mounted on said frame to have movement toward and away from each other, an auxiliary closure sheet secured at one edge portion to each of the closure bars and at the opposite edge po1'- tion to the frame, said auxiliary closure sheets adapted to be folded to the interior of the side extensions of the body when the bag is closed with the frame collapsed, and said closure bars adapted to be moved along the frame when the bag is closed Vwith tlio l0 side and end extensions of the body extended and draw the auxiliary Closure ove1 

